Substance Abuse Trends in Maine

Raw numbers of prescriptions from the Maine Prescription Monitoring Program demonstrate a rapid increase in number of prescriptions. In the first half of 2005, there were 240 prescriptions for Subutex and 7,098 prescriptions for Suboxone filled in Maine. By the second half of 2006, these numbers had risen to 671 and 14,403 respectively. ................
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